Sign Language Is Key to Real Inclusion

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A sign language interpreter records sign language lessons that are broadcast on public television, at an elementary school in Athens, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. © 2020 Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Images Imagine that during a national emergency, you and your loved ones are at risk. The government is announcing information that could have a profound impact on your safety, but you don’t have access to it because it hasn’t been made available to you. This is the situation many deaf people have found themselves in during the Covid-19 pandemic. For example, when important information…

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